Family and Community Health
Volume 42, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 283-291

Families in Context: Food Insecurity among Hispanic Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Households with Children (Article)

Brewer M.* , Kimbro R.T. , Denney J.T.
  • a Department of Sociology, Baylor University, One Bear Place no. 97326, Waco, TX 76798, United States
  • b Department of Sociology, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States
  • c Department of Sociology, Washington State University, Pullman, United States

Abstract

Using restricted, geo-coded Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-2011 data (N = 2700) linked with 3 sources of contextual data, we examine whether a comprehensive set of individual, household, and county-level characteristics explains disparities in household food insecurity between Hispanic children of foreign- and US-born parents. Adjusting for individual, household, and county-level characteristics does not eliminate the higher odds of household food insecurity among Hispanic children in immigrant families, especially of Mexican origin. Moreover, growth in the noncitizen population at the county level is associated with food insecurity among Hispanic families, though the impact differs by parental nativity. © 2019 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

Author Keywords

Food insecurity immigrants Children county Hispanics

Index Keywords

male female major clinical study immigrant Infant longitudinal study household food insecurity Article childhood human kindergarten Hispanic Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85071967030&doi=10.1097%2fFCH.0000000000000236&partnerID=40&md5=017209d98e0c2f180d6e3048a6b4ce4c
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000236
ISSN: 01606379
Original Language: English